The Road is ‘worst case dystopia’ and could be seen as a cultural wake up call.

Life on The Road is seriously disturbing to say the least with the bleak, destroyed, brutal post apocalyptic environment contrasting strongly with the spirit of two survivors, a son & his father as they eke out an existence on a journey from inland to the sea with canibal encounters.

If you’ve got a DVD player or can download this movie, it is a wake-up call that we all need.

The city of Alkimos has received planning approval. This new carbon neutral, environmentally responsible city will be built in the Alkimos region, 40km?s north of Perth. The city will be built around a marina that is expected to rival the Hillarys & Mindarie marinas.

Given that the goal for the new city is carbon neutrality, every aspect of the design of the living and working environment including the houses and transport system will be geared toward this reality.

Housing for Alkimos will consist of a combination of environmentally friendly houses and units built to integrate with the natural dune & scrub surroundings.

Rapid growth in Western Australia has all but assured us of the development of three new coal powered electricity generating stations within the next few years.

With energy shortages of 200MW forecast by the summer of 2011-12, the state labour government has given the green light to Verve to refurbish the 40 year old Muja A & B generators. Aviva has also been given the go ahead to build a new coal powered station at Eneabba. These three stations are expected to generate 7.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

Given our abundance of renewable energy sources in this state, this decision by the state labour government is short sighted to say the least.

That bastion of scientific fact, Scientific America, recently published a feature article that pointed out that the world could generate almost 100% of its energy from renewable sources with current technologies and the right political will.

The Singularity Institute for artificial intelligence is holding the first ever Australian summit in Melbourne, 10 - 12 September 2010.

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Why might you consider building a container home in Western Australia? Well there are a number of reasons that might justify such a decison -

• Buy your container home in China & have it shipped over to Australia. Container homes fit perfectly onto modern transport ships & prices are lower in China
• Modularity of design make container homes perfectly extensible. Buy multiple containers as components and create a grand multi room home or a hotel
• Don't feel limited by the shape of the container. Consider creating an external 'look' with shade sails or lattice for instance
• Container homes can come preconfigured with wiring, plumbing, insulation & interior fittings

Build your future container home & beat the 'debt slave' mindset.

The picture shows a barren, man made port facility built up against the coastline about 20km?s north of Geraldton. Ultimately, this $4 billion port & rail facility will completely transform the region into an industrial and transportation hub built to service the export of iron ore and other raw materials from the mid west.

The requirement for power and water to drive the expansion of industry and transportation in the Oakajee precinct will result in the development of some significant solar & wind energy sources as well as more desalination plants. The SKA Project in the same region will only add to energy demands and also ensure that some significant continental bandwidth (for transporting digital data from the SKA Radio telescope) becomes available in the region.

The development is expected to drive significant human resourcing requirements in the area with 4000 direct jobs to be created annually and a potential population expected to top 100,000, up from the existing 30,000 in Geraldton. From a long term sustainability point of view, Geraldton is in the enviable position of having plenty of space for building housing to house this future population but will still need to develop the requisite community infrastructure.

Probably, like Perth, Geraldton will be able to use resources as a springboard to developing education as a ?next step? industry. Certainly the industrial development and SKA Project will bring plenty of scientists and engineers into the region.

Ultimately, if all the pieces fall into place, Oakajee will shift the centre of Western Australia's economic gravity further north.

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The latest Centralist government tactic to attempt to control WA mineral wealth via way of a super profits rent tax has stoked the fires of secession.

Secession for WA could take a number of forms as pressure mounts from multiple points to fight the federal government. Kevin Rudd came to power believing that society?s ills can be solved from the centre via a communist model rather from the edges via a capitalist model. History is replete with examples of failed centralist moves to cater to the needs of the population.

Centralists believe they have the solution and can deploy resources for the masses most effectively. The reality is that capitalism is the ultimate evolutionary search engine and no central government could ever compete with the efficiency, dedication or imagination of capitalists.

The best role a government can play is to reduce its? functions to an absolute necessity and provide a level playing field for capitalists to go about their business. That means ensuring property rights, and ensuring universal access to education and health.